A list of first ever novel written in various languages. +LanguageYear of publicationName of the novelName in native languageAuthorCountryAbkhazian1919Under a Foreign SkyDmitry GuliaAbkhaziaAfrikaans1861Conversations between Klaas Waarzegger and Jan TwyfelaarZamenspraak tusschen Klaas Waarzegger en Jan TwyfelaarL. H. MeurantSouth AfricaAlbanian1905Shkoder under siegeShkodra e rrethuemeNdoc NikajAlbaniaAmharic1908A Heart-born StoryLəbb Wälläd TarikAfevork Ghevre JesusEthiopiaAssamese 1890BhanumatiPadmanath Gohain BaruahIndiaArabic1160 (approx.)Hayy ibn YaqdhanIbn TufaylAl-AndalusAromanian1903Graves Without CrossesNuși TulliuRomaniaBengali 1857Alaler Gharer DulalPeary Chand MitraIndiaBhojpuri1956Bindiyaबिंदिया Ramnath Pandey IndiaBurmese 1904Maung Yin Maung, Ma Me MaJames Hla KyawMyanmarCatalan1283Romance of Evast and BlaquernaRamon LlullMajorca (Crown of Aragon)Chinese 14th centuryRomance of the Three KingdomsLuo GuanzhongChinaFrench 1607L'AstréeHonoré d'UrféFranceGreek1st centuryThe Loves of Chǣreas and CallirrhoeCharitonRoman EmpireHebrew1819Revealer of SecretsJoseph PerlAustrian EmpireHindi1882Pariksha GuruLala Srinivas DasIndiaIrish1901Cormac Ó ConaillPatrick S. DinneenIrelandJapanese11th centuryThe Tale of GenjiMurasaki ShikibuJapanKannada1899Indira BaiGulvadi Venkata RaoIndiaLatin1st centurySatyriconPetroniusRoman EmpireMalayalam1887KundalathaAppu NedungadiIndiaMeitei1930MadhaviLamabam Kamal SinghIndiaMarathi 1857Yamuna ParyatanBaba Padamji IndiaNepali 1903Bir CharitraGirish Ballabh JoshiNepalNorthern Ndebele1956The Ndebele UprisingUmvukela WamaNdebeleNdabaningi SitholeZimbabweOdia1888PadmamaliUmesh Chandra SarkarIndiaPersian 1937The Blind OwlSadegh HedayatIranPashto1912Mah RukhRahat ZakheliPakistanPolish1776The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas WisdomMieczysław Klimowicz. 1973. Wstęp. In: Ignacy Krasicki. Mikołaja Doświadczyńskiego przypadki. Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, p. XXV.Ignacy KrasickiPolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthPunjabi 1898SundariBhai Vir SinghIndiaRussian 1842Dead SoulsNikolai GogolRussian EmpireSanskrit7th centuryKadambariBāṇabhaṭṭaIndiaShona1956FesoFesoSolomon MutswairoZimbabweSpanish1605Don QuixoteMiguel de CervantesSpainTamil1879Prathapa Mudaliar CharitramSamuel Vedanayagam PillaiIndiaTelugu 1867Sri Rangaraju CharitraNarahari Gopalakrishnama SettyIndiaThai1914Khwam Mai Phayabatความไม่พยาบาทKhru LiamThailandTurkish1872The Love of Talat and FitnatSami FrashëriTurkeyUrdu1869Mirat-ul-UroosNazir Ahmad Dehlvi IndiaUzbek1926Bygone DaysAbdullah QodiriyUzbekistanXhosa1907USamsonS.E.K. MqhayiSouth AfricaYiddish1864Mendele Mocher SforimRussian Empire

See also

List of claimed first novels in English :Category:Novels by date

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